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06-08-2019, 11:41 AM

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Mousie

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Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Florida

Posts: 17,636

I have a favorite fabric and I think it's remarkable bc I love so many.
It's a lovely airy iris? (pale lavendar) color with white. They make up the
background and there's raspberry, deep purple flowers and lots of
greenery.
I have never cut it. My plan is to make two pillow shams bc this fabric
is not cotton. It is 54" wide and I bought 1.5 yards on a whim not
knowing it was going to be a favorite.
I ask myself, "If I had bought more what would I have made with a
floral non-cotton?" I do sew. I began at age ten and didn't start
quilting till my fifties.
It didn't get away completely and I'm always looking for a coordinating
cotton for a quilt. I probably have one, idk. I got ready for the retirement
years and now it's time to downsize some. If there is a match or a
close match in my stash, I'm pretty likely to come across it.
If not, I'll make my pillow shams and live a lonely life, pining away and
....mousie, stop! You will not! I'll manage somehow. That's what
the days of downsizing and acceptance is all about. I'll be satisfied
with what I've been blessed with and enjoy my shams

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